Movement is an essential part of our lives. Throughout our lifetime, we acquire many different motor skills that are necessary to take care of ourselves (e.g., eating, dressing), to work (e.g., typing, using tools, care for others) and to pursue our hobbies (e.g., running, dancing, painting). However, …

The purpose of this dissertation is to test what makes an effective pitch and compare the theory Vs. the practice. During the entrepreneurial tech summit, Seedstars World, in Lausanne, 66 start-ups came together to pitch their start-up ideas to an audience of investors and other VIPS. The objective of …

The standardized Mensendieck test (SMT) was developed to quantify posture, movement, gait, and respiration. In the hands of an experienced therapist, the SMT is proven to be a reliable tool. It is unclear whether posture, movement, gait, and respiration are related to the degree of functional disability …

Er wordt een extended professional identity theory (theorie over interprofessionele identiteit) voorgesteld om de interprofessionele samenwerking te verbeteren. Het doel van deze studie is om te onderzoeken of vergelijkende feedback over interprofessionele interactie de mate van beroepsmatige dominantie …

Rondom de transities in het sociale domein is een schat aan nieuwe woorden gaan klinken. Woorden die vaak evenmin als de praktische verschuivingen die ze vergezellen eenduidig zijn. Die meerduidigheid, gecombineerd met een razendsnelle inburgering van de nieuwe woorden als een jargon van voor zonneklaar …

In the course of our supervisory work over the years, we have noticed that qualitative research tends to evoke a lot of questions and worries, so-called frequently asked questions (FAQs). This series of four articles intends to provide novice researchers with practical guidance for conducting high-quality …

Citizen science – the active participation of lay people in research – may yield crucial local knowledge and increase research capacity. Recently, there is growing interest to understand benefits for citizen scientists themselves. We studied the perceived impacts of participation in a public health citizen …

BACKGROUND: Health care organizations supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) carry out a range of interventions to support and improve a healthy lifestyle. However, it is difficult to implement an active and healthy lifestyle into daily support. The presence of numerous intervention …

Students differ in their learning preferences. When students are more intrinsically motivated this improves their well-being and involvement (Levesque, Zuehlke, Stanek, & Ryan, 2004). Teaching highly motivated honors students places different demands on teachers (Wolfensberger, 2012). High motivated …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Studies of healthcare students report increased levels of stress, with academic pressures being the greatest source. The objective of this study was to examine the differences in the overall stress level, stressors, and reactions to stressors between physiotherapy students at …